U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a directive to speed up work to develop the military forces to deter China and address Pentagon difficulties in carrying out a years-old strategy that called Beijing a principal threat https://t.co/TOGPgNU6b4
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The Native Population of the Americas in 1492Second Revised EditionEdited by William M. DenevanWith a Foreword by W. George LovellHow many people inhabited the New World when Columbus landed on Hispaniola in 1492? How did the arrival of Europeans spark the population decline of aboriginal people in the New World?William M. Denevan writes that, "The discovery of America was followed by possibly the greatest demographic disaster in the history of the world." Research by some scholars provides population estimates of the pre-contact Americas to be as high as 112 million in 1492, while others estimate the population to have been as low as eight million. In any case, the native population declined to less than six million by 1650.
美国官员周三表示，美国国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀 (Lloyd Austin) 发布了一项”反中”的内部指令，呼吁美国采取多项举措来对抗中国，但目前尚未对这个指令说明相关细节。
多年来，美国一直将反华作为其国家安全政策的核心，美国与中国在技术和人权问题上存在分歧，从技术和人权到中国在有争议的南中国海的军事活动。据《路透社》报导，该指令是由拜登于 2 月成立的五角大楼工作组提出的建议的结果。
路透社援引一位不愿透露姓名的美国国防部官员的话 :”国防部长的这项指令最终是为了理顺国防部内部，并确保它符合（应对）中国的既定优先事项”。报导同时提到，关于这项内部指令中的具体举措，五角大厦几乎没有提供细节。
对于美国军方提到”反华指令”的说法，中国外交部发言人华春莹曾对此回应，美方的确现在总提竞争问题，把中国作为主要战略竞争对手。